Fishing tool



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PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM CASEY, OF TULSA,IOKLAHOMA.

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Application filed March A.16, 1921. Serial No. 452,703.

T o all Iwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I WILLIAM CASEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Tulsa, in the countyfTulsa and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing Tools,` of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to a fishing tool. The object of the invention is to provide a tool of the above character which is adapted for, connecting itself with loose material or tools which may be in the bottom of an oil well or other well of small cross sectional area, and' thereby permitting said loose ma-. terial or tool to be lifted from the well.

It is also an object that the fishing tool be simple in'construction, durable, and inex pensive to manufacture. Other objects will hereinafter appear.

The invention is illustrated by way oferample in the accompanying drawings, inf:

which- Figure 1 is a section of a well and illustrating the application of my invention,

Figures 2 and 3 are side elevations and a rear elevation respectively of the fishing tool,

Figure 4 is a transverse section takenon the line 4 4 of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a transverse section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings more particularly, the fishing tool as shown in detail in Figures 2 and 3, comprises a casing generally indicated at 10 which tapers toward its upper end. and has a slot 11 formed longitudinally thereof, said slot extending Afrom the lower end of the casing to a point near its upperend. Th/e slot is also tapered t0- ward its j pper end as shown. The lower and enlarged'y end of''the casing 10 is cut on a .transverse curved line to form a pointed spade-like portion 14. Above this spade-like portion the end edges are turned outwardly to form the curved lips 15, each of said' lips i terminating at -a point slightly above the lower end of the slot 11 in the casing. Ad-

jacent the lower end o-f thecasing and upon its interior surface there is securedf'a plurality of circumferentia'lly spaced dogs 16.

Each dog comprises a short strip of spring metal which is suitably secured to the casing by means of vrivets as indicated at 17 and lhaving its upper end curved inwardly as indicated at 18; and said end preferably brought to a point as indicated at 18.

In the upper end 0f the casing 10 there is sweated or otherwise secured one end of a coupling member 19, said coupling having its other end reduced and threaded as at 20. The coupling 19, may of course, be formed integral with the casing 10 if so desired.

Now referring to Figure 1, in which the application of my invention is illustrated, 21 indicates a well,` and .22 the tool which has become lost therein. The fishing tool is connected to the lower end of the sha-ftv 23, and lowered intothe well to a position so that its pointed end 141, may engage the tool 22. By properly manipulatin the shaft 23, the pointed end 14 of the shing tool will guide the one end of the tool 22 within the casing 10. The tool 22 entering the casing will be pressed between the dogs 16 which Will frictionally engage and hold the same. The fishing tool may be then raised from the well together withthe tool 22. Y

While I have shown the preferred form of my invention, it is to be understood that I am aware of the fact` that the general arrangement and construction could be slightly changed by those skilled in the .art without departing from the spirit of my invention as indicated by the appended claim.

I claiml A 'fishing tool of the character described, comprising a casing section tapering toward its lowerl end. and vlong lgitiudinally slotted from its lower end to a point adjacent its upper end, a spade-like point formed on the lower endof the casing having the upper end portion of its edges curved outwardly to form a.lip, and aseries of circumferentially arranged dogs secured to the interior of the casing adjacent the lower or'larger end thereof, each dog consisting in a resilient strip of metal arranged longitudinally of 'the casing and having its lower end se-` cured to the casing and its upper and free endportion curved inwardly with respect to the longitudinal axis of the casing.

" WILLIAM CASEY,

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